Recognised as Colour

#BB471D

#BB471D
Orange
Dark
Nearest: Chocolate

#BB471D is a orange with RGB values 187, 71, 29 and HSL 16°, 73%, 42%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.2:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Chocolate.

Colour values

#BB471D#BB471D

HEX#BB471D

RGBrgb(187, 71, 29)

RGB (0–1)0.7333, 0.2784, 0.1137

RGB percentages73.3%, 27.8%, 11.4%

HSLhsl(15.9, 73.1%, 42.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(15.9, 84.5%, 73.3%)

CMYK0%, 62%, 84.5%, 26.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer12,273,437

CSS custom property--colour: #BB471D;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.1516WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness116.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.21:1

Contrast with white5.21:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black4.03:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#5D5D5D

Inverted#44B8E2

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#685C16no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 49.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#857617no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 49.5 from the original

Tritanopia#CE283Fno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 25.6 from the original

Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text5.21:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text4.03:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Chocolate · ΔE 16 Firebrick · ΔE 16 Brown · ΔE 19.1 Sienna · ΔE 19.4 Dark red · ΔE 19.7 Tomato · ΔE 20.9

Nearest named CSS colourChocolate (#D2691E)ΔE 16.02, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyorange

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#1D91BB

Analogous#BB1D42, #BB961D

Triadic#1DBB47, #471DBB

Split complementary#1DBB96, #1D42BB

Tetradic#42BB1D, #1D91BB, #961DBB

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#F3C3B1

Lighter +30%#ECA085

Lighter +20%#E57E59

Lighter +10%#DE5C2D

Darker −10%#8F3616

Darker −20%#63250F

Darker −30%#371508

Darker −40%#0A0402

More saturated +25%#D63A02

Less saturated −25%#A05438

Channel breakdown

R187

G71

B29

Red187 (73.3%)

Green71 (27.8%)

Blue29 (11.4%)

Hue15.95°

Saturation (HSL)73.15%

Lightness42.35%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR BB · G 47 · B 1D

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